Northwestern Illinois Community Action Agency

Analysis

Northwestern Illinois Community Action Agency is a registered charity in United States, based in Freeport, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a governmental unit under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2022, Northwestern Illinois Community Action Agency reported income of $8.8m and spending of $8.7m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $5.5m to $8.8m (+61%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Northwestern Illinois Community Action Agency sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 94th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Open Hearts ($8.8m), YWCA of Northwest Ohio ($8.9m) and Cambridge Credit Counseling Corp ($8.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% and program service revenue 2.8% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $136k (1.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.9m. At year end it held assets of $1.8m against liabilities of $694k, net assets of $1.1m. It reported 102 employees.